The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-11
DOMESTIC HINTS.
ROAST TURKEY.


Make n dressing of bread, savory, salt,
pepper and fried onions sliced and but.
ter, the whole softened with hot water
When stuffed sew up with a stout cord,
rub yer lightly with flour, sprinkle q
little salt and pepper on it. Put in &
baking pan, pour over n quart of hoi
water, and bake q nice brown; paste il
often with the water; thicken the gravy,
when ready to serve with flour.
CRANBERRY SAUCE.
Two cups of cranberries, one cup o,
water, boil till tender, stran, add two
cups of sugar and boil to a thick syrup
turn into a mould to harden.
BEEF TONGUE.
Boil till tender, and while warm re-
move the skin; when cold cut into thip
slices.
CAICKEN SALAD.
The best meat of two chickens dress
ed fine, twice as much minced celery,
five hard boiled eggs, four tablespoons
of melted butter, rubbed with the yolks,
and the whites minced fine; mix thor.
oughly with one and a half teaspoons
of mustard; salt and pepper to taste
moisten the whole with chicken broth
and a little vinegar. In absence of eel.
cry use cabbage.
MASHED POTATOES.
Peel potatoes and boil, drain ano
salt; heat q little cream with a good
sized piece of butter, mash the pota'
toes, put in the hot cream and butter,
cream with a fork until foamy; Their
press through a sieve with a potatoe
masher, letting them fall lightly into o
hot dish.
BOILED ONIONS.
Wash and peel; boil ten minutes,
pour off the water; boil a second time,
drain; pour in more boiling water; add
salt and boil IN hour, or longer if not
tender then. Then place in a colander,
turn a saucer owe them, and press
firmly to drive off all the water; put
them into a dish; add butter and pep.
per and serve.
WINTER SQUASH.
Cut up and take out the inside; pare
the pieces and stew in as little water
as possible; cook m hour; mash, and.
if watery, let stand on the fire until
dry, stirring to prevent burning; season
with salt, pepper and butter.
BETS.
Clean and wash well and boil till very
tender, when cool peel and slice, nell
some butter in a stcwpan and sprinkle
with salt and pepper, add a little butter
and flour rubbed together and n pint
of vinegar; simmer twenty minutes,
then pour ove the beets.
BOILED RICE.
Boil onc-half cup of rice in water un-
til well-done, stir into it M egg, we'll
beaten, one-half cup of sugar, one cup
of milk; mix all well together before
stirring into the rice; pour out in a dish
and CRATE nutmeg over the top.
swLEr POTATOES.
Choose them as near of a size as pos
sible, wash and bake until tender.
PLUM PUDDING.
One pound each Of c%urrants, raisins,
suet, chopped fine, and brown sugar,
one and one-hclf pounds of grated bread
crumbs, ten eggs, whites and yolks
beaten separately, mix together suet,
bread, fruit and a little salt and nut.
meg and let stand over night; in the
morning add one and one-half pints OF
milk, sugar and eggs; work all togeth-
err, put in a Toured cloth, tie it firmly,
allowing room to swell, drop in boiling
water and boil three and one-half hours
Serve with saucc.
MINCE PIE.
To three pounds of chopped beef ada
six quarts of chopped apples, n and
one-half pounds Of suet, two pounds Of
seeded and chopped, two
pounds of c%urrants, one.half pound OF
sliced %citron, one ounce each of CHINA
mon cloves, ginger, two Dotmegs gra-
ted, one grated lemon, n pound SUI
gar, boiled cider and molasses sufficient
70 moisten.